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P. W. RELLY.

TOY BANK.

No. 436,672. Patente Sept. 16, 1890.

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FRANK W. REILLY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO DAILYNEWS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

i TOY BAN K.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,672, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application tiled May 17, 1890.

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Savings-Banks, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to make a receptacle for money that mayeither be used as a savings-bank or as a contribution-box; that may beplaced in hotels, depots, and other public places to receive such moneycontributions as the public may be disposed to make; that willpreferably permit the money to be seen, so that the public may see whatcontributions are made, and that will prevent the money from beingremoved until the proper person comes and unlocks the box; and myinvention consists in the features and details of constructionhereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my improvedcontribution-box; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section of Fig. 1, takenin the line 2, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 3 is avertical section of the mouth of the box, taken in the line 3 of Fig. 2,looking in the direction of lthe arrow.

In making my improved savings-bank or contri bution-box I make areceptacle A, preferably of glass, so as to be transparent and admit ofits contents being seen from the outside. I arrange thismoney-receptacle by preference in a frame B, made of iron or othersuitable material, which will hold it in a proper upright position andafford means for locking or fastening it, as herein described. At thetop of the frame I preferably arrange a card or circular receptacle, inwhich printed matter may be kept to inform the public about theparticular charity or object for which the contributions are solicited.In the front of this card-receptacle or in other convenient place mayappear the name of the institution, church, society, or persons havingcharge of the application or distribution of the funds, so that thecontidence of the public may be insured, as illustrated in the drawings.A card or tablet D may also be arranged in any convenient place SerialNo. 352,214. (No model.)

the other, so as to present a slot of a size to admit of coins of thesize of, say, a silver dollar and less. A cap E, of iron or othersuitable material, is made to iit over the mouth of themoney-receptacle. This cap is provided with a slot corresponding to thatin the mouth over which it is iitted, and with a shank or extension Frunning out to one side. This shank is adapted to engage with a stapleor other proper fastening device under the card-receptacle and to belocked thereto by a padlockG or other suitable lock, so that the capcannot be removed from the mouth of the money-receptacle withoutunlocking the shank from the staple by the pers-on having the key to thepad or other lock.

Of course any means may be employed for locking or fastening the cap inplace until it is desired to remove it..

To admit the money or coins deposited as contributions, but to preventthem from being removed until the cap is removed from the mouth of thereceptacle, I arrange two rows of wires H, suspended on wires I and of alength to hang down into the mouth of the receptacle. These Wires hangloosely in parallel rows while the money-receptacle is in its properposition, but fall together in a confused and intermingled mass as soonas the receptacle is turned upside down or even inclined to the one sideor the other in an attempt to pour out the contents. This makes itimpossible to pour out or remove the coins deposited in the box or bankvexcept by taking off the cap, and this only can be done by the personhaving a key to unlock the lock cap for the mouth of such receptacleplomeans for locking the cap on the receptacle, vided with a passage formoney, wires sussubstantially as described. pended at Johe sides of andunobstrueting the passage in the normal position of the recep- FRANK WV.REILLY. 5 taele, but ntermingling to obstruct the pas- Witnesses:

sage when the receptacle is turned upside ALBERT G. BEAUNISN,

down or inclined from a normal position, and E. R. MCCLELLAN.

